Last week was a bizarre one in the annals of Amazon-dominated news, closing with Friday’s Orwellian removal of unauthorized editions of two books by the actual George Orwell from a small number of Kindle owners’ libraries. Among the things I find interesting about the story: * Internet outrage began with an incorrect blog post on the NYT’s site from columnist David Pogue who shot first without asking: “Apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved,” Pogue wrote. Bear in mind that Pogue has makes a […]
